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Luna, thank you for making all women chatty, not just the moon beauties.

Because as soon as Mrs. Sheremetjeva starts talking, I remember that I’m not a meek fluttering doe in front of me. There’s a whole damn Black Mamba with poisonous green eyes and a razor-sharp tongue.

– Um… – Again, I don’t know what I’m supposed to say to this speech, in which every quip is measured with apothecary precision, to make you itch and hurt but not kill you. – Laurie relayed your words, and since I considered them proof of some misunderstanding between us, here I am.

– Midnight,” she “puts the point”.

This woman seems to have a special affinity for always having the last word (or the last conclusion). That could be a problem, because I’m used to living by the same principles of avoiding ambiguities, turning pauses into dots, and all that sort of thing. In the Lunnic world, it’s extremely important to make sure that everything you say is as clear as possible, because any subtext can and will be used against you. That’s our instincts.